I know it's not much for some people, but it was a decently hard goal to reach for me

Now that I've hit it though, I don't know what to do to change things up.

Options I've considered:

1) Keep the same basic setup but increase pace.

2) Keep the same basic setup but increase time.

3) Keep the same basic setup but increase both (obviously at a slower rate than either 1 or 2).

4) Go to a more interval oriented training, where instead of ramping up and then down in speed, I do a lot of fast slow fast slow stuff.

5) Keep the exact same routine, but wake up a bit early and do it at home before going to work (It's actually what I did today). Then supplement with something else in the evenings.

6) Simulate a more game pace with a warmup jog, 30 minutes of very fast pace with occasional full out sprint bursts, 10 minute very easy, 30 minutes of very fast pace with occasional full out sprint bursts, cooldown jog/walk.

Any of the first five should be easy enough to implement, but number 6 will likely have to start off less intense than described and work up from there.

Out of all the running books and plans I've come across, I've never seen anything like that workout. How'd you come up with it?

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I didn't get it out of any book

My practices and workouts have always included ramping up and then ramping down, whether it be cardio or weights or whatever else we do.

I just coupled that with the fact that I can't run insanely fast for very long, plus 60 minutes seemed like a nice round number and came up with the above.

I don't pretend to know anything about running, but I knew anything is better than nothing

Now I'm at the point where some guidance might be useful so I came here

I don't care how fast I run, or how long I run...my goal is to be 75 minutes into a game, jogging back down the field after a score and smiling at the defense with their hands on their knees and say "what's wrong, I'm not even tired yet" and them just knowing in the back of their head that you're telling the truth